[garinda]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

G....I'm sorry to disillusion you but you would still be snookered.
When canvassing, the parties will promise absolutely anything to get your vote........but how can you guarantee that they will deliver on their promise?
Political parties, have in the past said they would hold a referendum. I seem to recall that David Cameron himself did exactly that......he said that if there was a Conservative government in number 10, he would seek a referendum on the EU....maybe he salves his conscience by telling himself 'Well, it is a COALITION government, so strictly speaking, I am not breaking any promise'.

Say this phrase after me....(you may need to repeat it a couple of thousand times before it finally engraves itself on yout consciousness)
Political parties cannot be believed....and worse still, they cannot be trusted!

They consider themsleves the 'ruling class' and once in power they disregard the electorate as of little importance, of little value.....yet we pay their wages and handsome they are too.
Most politicians are so far removed from the real world, they can have no concept of what concerns the electorate really has.

I'm an eternal optimist, and live in (vain) hope.

If mainstream political parties continually refuse to acknowledge the real worries of ordinary people, we'll see support grow for extremist groups, sadly.

The ball's in their court.